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Best advice... Ignore what everyone tells you and pick what you love.
Worst... Really haven't received much bad advice. I recall my parents telling me some years ago that I could get any old degree, even the basket weaving types, and make great money. Glad I ignored that golden nugget
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Originally Posted by Colorado xxxxx
The worst I received.........do what you love and the money will follow. The best it's a rough economy stick to the sector you have the most exp. and be happy you have a job.
I don't think it's bad advice if you really follow through. If you pursue something you love, in theory, you will latch on and excel at it. If you become the best at anything, you can make a great living doing something you love. You just have to put in the effort to be the best, which is where many fall short. If you're average at anything, you will be compensated accordingly. In many occupations, "average" just doesn't make for a good living.
The worst I received.........do what you love and the money will follow. The best it's a rough economy stick to the sector you have the most exp. and be happy you have a job.
Best advice... Ignore what everyone tells you and pick what you love.
Worst... Really haven't received much bad advice. I recall my parents telling me some years ago that I could get any old degree, even the basket weaving types, and make great money. Glad I ignored that golden nugget
I don't think it's bad advice if you really follow through. If you pursue something you love, in theory, you will latch on and excel at it. If you become the best at anything, you can make a great living doing something you love. You just have to put in the effort to be the best, which is where many fall short. If you're average at anything, you will be compensated accordingly. In many occupations, "average" just doesn't make for a good living.
True Andy and therein lies the rub. Most people don't think it through they see the pros and not the cons.
As much as I hate to admit it, that is the worst advice ever.
Yep, but this is one colleges recruiters sell people every day. Yes, don't worry about student loans, follow your dreams. Tell that to the person with $100k of debt and a BA in Art History or Women's Studies.
Yup, I say it often myself. Met a lot of slackers and dimwits who ended up getting positions of authority. Many of them were the types who simply couldn't handle the actual work, so the company somehow figured they would be a better fit telling OTHER people to do the work
[quote=Velvet Jones;29068472Tell that to the person with $100k of debt and a BA in Art History or Women's Studies. [/QUOTE]
And this is one of the debts that is non dischargeable the last time I read.
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